Soaking rear footwell. What's a good starting point?

Gigagator · 23rd March 2020, 11:52

Hi all,

I know this topic has been done to death but I've discovered on the weekend that my rear offside passengers footwell was absolutely soaked.

Most topics I've looked at seem to suggest sunroof drains but my 75 doesn't have a sunroof so where should I start to look to fix this?

The door seal looks good.
I washed the car and all the area around the inside of the door seal appeared dry so I'm leaning towards saying it's not that.

Nearside rear footwell is bone dry.
Car is usually parked slightly uphill due to the angle of my driveway.

Any advice appreciated.

rrobson · 23rd March 2020, 12:12

Mine was sodden because the boot was like a sieve. Every conceivable location that could leak was leaking and it would run over the back of the rear seats, filled the dipped area beneath the seat, and overflowed into the footwell.
It could also be coming from the front passenger footwell from the sunroof drains or the plenum if flooded

Best_of_British · 23rd March 2020, 12:16

Mine was drivers side plenum blocked, and some how comming through the bulkhead and settling in rear foot well.

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Gigagator · 23rd March 2020, 12:20

Interesting theories...

My drivers side plenum was blocked until recently which I discovered due to a wet drivers footwell.

That has completely dried out since though and didn't get more wet yesterday during the car washing.

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Gigagator Avid contributor Rover 75 Saloon, Rover 25, Mazda 6 Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Cardiff Posts: 219 Thanks: 143 Thanked 112 Times in 49 Posts	Soaking rear footwell. What's a good starting point? Hi all, I know this topic has been done to death but I've discovered on the weekend that my rear offside passengers footwell was absolutely soaked. Most topics I've looked at seem to suggest sunroof drains but my 75 doesn't have a sunroof so where should I start to look to fix this? The door seal looks good. I washed the car and all the area around the inside of the door seal appeared dry so I'm leaning towards saying it's not that. Nearside rear footwell is bone dry. Car is usually parked slightly uphill due to the angle of my driveway. Any advice appreciated.

23rd March 2020, 12:12	#2
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Best_of_British Gets stuck in Rover 75 Tourer & Arden Green Project Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Ormskirk Posts: 932 Thanks: 159 Thanked 200 Times in 155 Posts	Mine was drivers side plenum blocked, and some how comming through the bulkhead and settling in rear foot well. Sent from my MI 5C using Tapatalk

23rd March 2020, 12:20	#4
Gigagator Avid contributor Rover 75 Saloon, Rover 25, Mazda 6 Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Cardiff Posts: 219 Thanks: 143 Thanked 112 Times in 49 Posts	Interesting theories... My drivers side plenum was blocked until recently which I discovered due to a wet drivers footwell. That has completely dried out since though and didn't get more wet yesterday during the car washing.